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Wow … I don’t know what else to say. I’m back from spending 5 glorious days in New York City. It was a flawless trip … no glitches … air travel left on time and was comfortable … our accommodations at Radio City Apartments were amazing and our time there was so much fun!

New York City has always been on my list of places I must visit … I didn’t know if I would like it … or hate it … but I LOVED it! I’ve never seen such a vibrant city … full of life literally 24 hours a day. People of all shapes, sizes, and colors and life styles …. and restaurants and food vendors everywhere. It was so invigorating to be a part of the mass of humanity that is NYC.

Here is a list of our activiites:

SUNDAY

Tour of NBC Studios – got to go on Saturday Night Live Set, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center) where you can see all of Manhattan

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

MONDAY

toured all neighborhoods of Manhattan on The Big Red Bus, Soho, LIttle Italy, Chinatown, Noho, Tribecka, The Village

visited Ground Zero and St. Paul’s Church

TUESDAY

TODAY Show – made some on camera shots and got to shake hands with Al Roker and Meredith Viera – saw Jimmy Falon & Jason Castro (latest castoff on American Idol)

visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

Saw the show A CHORUS LINE

WEDNESDAY

took the train and subway to Brooklyn and YANKEE STADIUM

attended New York University graduation ceremonies – Michael J. Fox recevied an honorary degree and Michael Strahan, NY GAINTS football player, was the commencement speaker

saw LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN studio

went to see the broadway production of WICKED

In a nutshell, that was our trip … we ate incredible food every day … from New York bagels to NY sidewalk hot dogs, NY pizza … Puerto Rican food, Italian food … it was all great (and really not that expensive)

We did burn the candle at both ends while we were there but it was so worth it.

Anna’s best friend, Stephanie, and whom Roger and I consider to be daughter #3, graduated from NYU with honors in broadcast journalism. We are so proud of her! She put herself through school and after interning with Good Morning America is now working for FORBES! Look out world — here comes Stephanie!

You always hear that New Yorker’s are rude and uncaring … we never experienced that … everyone we met was nice and extremely helpful … we always felt safe … no matter what time of day we were on the streets … we were not mugged … we didn’t see any rats … we rode in lots of taxi’s and yes, they do drive a little crazy, but hey, traffic in Manhattan is always crazy … so it was just FUN!

It was truly the trip of a lifetime and I spent many a moment trying to drink it all in and burn it into my memory … I had to pinch myself alot because it truly was a surreal experience in so many ways.